TITLE

SCIENCE AND RELIGION TWENTY YEARS AFTER MCLEAN V. ARKANSAS: EVOLUTION, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THE NEW CHALLENGE OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN

AUTHOR(S)
Beckwith, Francis J.
PUB. DATE
March 2003
SOURCE
Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy;Spring2003, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p455
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Argues that the reasoning on the court case McLean versus Arkansas is not applicable to the question of whether a public school runs afoul of the Establishment Clause if it permits or requires the teaching of Intelligent Design. Scholarly support for Intelligent Design; Application of specified complexity to Intelligent Design theory; Significance of the information content of DNA.
ACCESSION #
10373748

Tags: ACTIONS & defenses (Law);  PUBLIC schools;  CLAUSES (Law);  THEORY;  DNA

 

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